We speak in art

On February 16 at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City, the institution's student senate began a joint venture with our St. Lucia Education Programme. Called "We Speak in Art." The project will see Parsons and the learners of our Ezwenelisha Afterschool Club share artwork in a pen pal-like initiative.

The Parsons students have started paintings, which were left half-finished and will be sent to our St. Lucia projects with the idea that they will be completed by some of the older students at our Afterschool Club in the Ezwenelisha community - a programme that is run twice a week at the community's primary school.

Once completed, the artwork will be sold at auction, with the funds going directly towards African Impact's Education Programme in St. Lucia.

Although the students, who live in very different parts of the world, do not share a common language, the artwork shared between the two schools will be a testament to how art spans cultures and societies. It will also provide some great fun to our Afterschool Club, who currently enjoy colouring and drawing during their afternoon sessions.

We're excited to be taking part in this new venture, and eagerly await the arrival of the canvasses so we can spend a couple of afternoons creating some masterpieces!

Check back on our blog for more updates about this projects as the months progress.